Stove-room for potteries.



F. M. KINNARD..

STOVE ROOM FOR POTTERIES.

APPLICATION FILED OCT-2,1916.

1,265,091 Patented May 7,1918.

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STOVE ROOM FOR POTTERIES.

APPLICATION FILED OCT-2.1916. 1,265,091. Patented May 7, 1918.

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STOVE ROOM FOR POTTERIES.

APPLICATION FILED OCT-2.1916.

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- FRANK M;VKINNARD, F SEBRING; OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO('JIEIARIJEJSv L.

SEBRING, OF SEEKING, OHIO.

' STOVE-ROOM FOR BOTTERIES.

To all whom/it may concern:

it kn'own that I FRANK- M. KINNARD, a citizen of the UnitedStates,residingat Sebring, in :the ..county--*of Mahoning and State 20fOhio, have invented a; new anduseful: StoveRoom for Potteries, ofwhichth following-is a specification.

:My invention relates to drying racks and hasv (more:"especial referenceto what is known as a Fistoveroom, being a' series' of drying 1 shelveswhich is: usedin potteries for drying? the wars after *thesame has beenmolded andprevious to burning the same.

Inuthe ordinaryforms ofs'tove rooms, such as areiat present in useinpotteries the drying racks are generally stationary within aninclosedroom, aisles being left between each tier-oi shelves to permit theworkmen to .passbetween the racks or frames when placing :the green:art'iclesfrom the -molds upon said shelves or in'removing the-driedarticles therefrom. A series of steanripipes are located upon the-floorof the stove roomiumaintaininglan even temperature of from 110: I to:i1:20 F. within I the stove roomlconstantly. With this form ofstoveroom it is necessary in filling 5 or emptying the frames 'foitthe. mento work in the stove roomliand thew'extremely high temperatureotrtheuroomniakes it impossible for aman to-stay on :the job longer thanan hour at a time. lnaconstructing'lthe above described fOlmrOf stoveroom it is necessary tospace each rack ofshelvesxsufiiciently trom theadpipes or their. equivalents beneath the drier racks.

/ A. still further'object: isxthe provision of a: stove room of the:character: referredto in which :the temperature of the room is kept:slightly above normal, butwmoderate Specification of Letters l'atent.

Batentedlvlay 7 1918.

Application filed October 2, 1916. Serial No.-123,230.

A still further object is-to provide a stove room of :the charactermentioned in which it is' not necessary to incloseithe-drying racks in aseparate room from the room in which the molding is done.

My improved form of stove room comprises adrying device arrangedt'obelocated within the room': in which the molding: is done. WVith thisconstruction-no steam pipes are used beneath the drying racks as in theform 30f stove roomsat present inruse, it being": :merely necessary tomaintain" vthe temperature of the room in which the device is located'slightly above normal, the term peraturle beingisutficiently moderate toallow t'he mento workinithe room without putting any hardship uponithem.My construction comprises stationary endsections which are provided withshelves, a seriesof'tr'acks connectingwsaid end sections" at" theirupper .extnemities. 1A series of movable sections are slid'ably: mountedupon: said tracks by means of pulleys or the like, each of saidmovablesections 1: comprising tWo spaced tiersv "of shelves: which maybe movedinto position to i allow the men to .pas sbeforerthe particular rackwhich is being'filled or emptied, the 1 device being" so: constructedthat when all .the shelves are filled the movablesec-v tions maywbespaced from. each other and from the stationary: endsectionssufficiently to allow a comp'lete circulationof air around all? sidesiofE the molds carrying the green ware. The ientirefidevice, constructedas above brieflyv lpOintBd 0llE',:: may be placed within considerablyless floor space than is required -for sit'he present form of stoverooms. Each stoveiroom compriseszsufiicient shelf space to hold:anzentire zdays output oftone man and the :ware is sufliciently driedover night tot-be removedxin'the morning, allowing. the same :to berefilled each day. Y'VVith these objectsin view theinvention consiststinthe novelconstruction and arrangement .of parts, hereinafter described,illustratedr in the accompanying :drawings, and particularlypointed" outin the appended claims, itJbeing understood that various changes in theform, proportions, size, and. minor: .details 1 of construction 1 may==be made within :thec scope of the appended claims; withoutdeparting Efrom the. spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a device constructed in accordance withmy invention, the movable sections being placed in position to allow aworkman to fill or empty one of the stationary end sections and the nearside of the adjacent movable section, said movable section being alsoshown in dotted lines in the position in which it is placed after beingfilled in order to fill the next adjacent movable section.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of thedevice, showing the movable sections inthe position in which they are placed after being filled in order toallow circulation of air around all of the molds for the purpose ofdrying the ware.

Fig. 3 is a section on the line 33, Fig. 1.

Fig. 4: is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view through one of themovable sections.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts throughoutthe several figures of the drawings.

Referring more especially to the construction illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, the numerals 1-1, indicate the standards uponwhich the device is supported, these standards being four in number andlocated at the four corners of the stove room, A transversely disposedI-beam 2 connects each end pair of the standards 1, at their upperextremities and superimposed upon said I-beams is a plurality of tracks3. Spaced shelves 4 are provided between each pair of the standards 1thus forming a stationary rack or tier of shelves at each extremity ofthe device.

A plurality of movable racks are supported from the tracks 3, theseracksbeing des ignated by the letters a, b, 0 and d. The construction of eachof these movable racks is the same, each rack being preferably com posedof two spaced tiers of shelves 6 and 7, each tier of shelves comprisingthe vertical end members 5 connected together by suitable tie rods 6 andcarrying therebetween a series of shelves 7 Each series 6 and f isspaced apart at their upper and lower extremities by means of blocks 8.

Brackets 9 are provided at the upper extremity of each of the movableracks, said brackets carrying traveling wheels 10 which are mounted upontracks 3. Each of the movable racks is provided upon each side, at itsupper and lower extremities with blocks 11,-said blocks being arrangedto contact with each other and with the blocks 12 carried by thestationary end sections when the racks are moved together as shown inFig. 1 of the drawings, these spacing blocks being for the purpose ofproperly spacing the shelves of adjacent racks in order to allow acirculation of air between the molds carried upon said shelves.

The molds 18 upon which the green ware 14 is carried are each providedupon their under surface with a chamber 15 and each of the shelves 7 isof less width than the diameter'of said chamber, thus allowing acirculation of air entirely around the mold in order to more quickly drythe ware, the sections e and f of each of the movable racks. beingspaced apart by means of the blocks 8 space the molds 13, upon adjacentshelves, allowing a circulation of air between the molds When it isdesired to fill the stove room the racks a, b, 0 and (Z are movedtogether as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings and the tier of shelves eofthe section a as Well as the shelves in the adjacent stationary rack arefilled first, the workmen having sulficient room to pass between saidracks after which the rack or is moved into the position shown in dottedlines in Fig. 1, the tier of shelves f of said rack and the tier 6 ofthe rack 12 being next filled, the rack 6 being then moved into contactwith the rack a. This operation is repeated until all of the racks arefilled with the ware, after which the racks are separated as shown inFig. 2 in order to allow the air to circulate freely around all molds ineach rack for the purpose of drying the ware.

Each of the stove rooms as above described comprises sufficient shelfspace to accommodate an entire days output of one molder and the ware issufficiently dried over night to be removed in the morning allowing thestove room to be refilled each day as the articles are molded. For theconvenience of the workman rods 16 are provided upon the end members ofthe racks for the purpose of receiving portable shelves which may beplaced upon said rods when the dried ware is being removed from theracks and as each of the portable shelves is 4 filled with ware it isremoved from the stove room to be burned.

Although the drawings and above specification disclose the best mode inwhich I have contemplated embodying my invention I desire to be notlimited to the details of such disclosure, for, in the further practicalapplication 'of my invention, many changes in form and construction maybe made, as circumstances require or experience suggests, Withoutdeparting from the spirit of the invention, within the scope of theappended claims.

I claim:

1. A stove room of the character described comprising a pair ofstationary, spaced end racks, shelves mounted in said racks, tracksconnecting said racks at their upper extremities, movable rackssuspended from said tracks, each of said movable racks comprising a pairof spaced tiers of shelves, said shelves arranged to receive moldshaving chambers in their lower sides, each of said shelves being of lessWidth than the diameters of said chambers and spacing blocks mountedupon each of said racks.

2. In a drying rack for potteries comprising a pair of stationary endracks, shelves mounted in said racks, tracks connecting said racks attheir upper extremities, pairs of co-joined relatively spaced movableracks suspended fromsaid tracks,

tiers of shelves upon each of said racks, the said shelves beingdesigned to receive molds of greater diameter than the Width of saidshelves, spacing blocks upon the opposite sides of each of saidco-joined pairs of racks, said spacing blocks being adapted to hold saidmovable racks apart to permit the circulation of air therebetween.

In testimony that I claim the above, I have hereunto subscribed my name;

FRANK M. KINNABD.

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